bgr_759250 - CALABRIA - TARAS Drachme
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Price : 380.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 380.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 281-276 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tarente, Calabre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 2,93 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Très belle chouette. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Athéna à droite coiffée du casque attique à triple aigrette orné du skylla.
Reverse
Reverse description : Chouette debout à droite ; devant une branche d’olivier.
Reverse legend : TAR
Reverse translation : (Tarente).
Historical background
CALABRIA - TARAS
(302-281 BC)
Between the departure of Kleonymos from Sparta in 302 BC and the arrival of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus twenty years later, the history of Taranto and its territory remains poorly known with many areas historical and monetary shadows. The intervention of the Epirote monarch was to mark the beginning of the decline of the Tarentine city..
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